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Session 7

Additional Features of CKLA-Preschool

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Review: CKLA-Preschool DayDAP 154

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Four Additional Features

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Learning Centers Pausing Point Activities

Take Home Materials Domain Assessment

Learning Centers

• One per domain

• Related to domain content All About Me- Doctor’s Office Families- House Dramatic Play Animals- Animal Hospital Plants- Farm Stand Habitats- Library Center

• Opportunities for language facilitation and emergent writing

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DAP 153

Learning Centers in the Teacher Guide

• Plan for Center found directly following the Introduction

• Lists objectives to be covered during Learning Centers (Core Content and Language Arts)

• Materials needed and directions for staging

• Vocabulary and phrases to model

• Ideas for facilitating play before and after the Pausing Point

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DAP 155

Learning Centers Cards

• One for adult, one for child

• Increase environmental print in classroom

• Reminders of words and phrases to model

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Pausing Points

• Two per domain- at the mid-point and end

• Last 2-3 days each

• Opportunities to catch up, review, and extend content and skills

• Teachers may choose to add their favorite activities

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Pausing Point Activities• Quick “check-in” assessments that can be

conducted with groups of students

• Skills- sidewalk paint, sensory bin ideas, printing with letter magnets, fine motor, etc.

• L and L- fiction books, class books, field trips, guest speakers, science projects, etc.

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Take Home Materials• A couple per domain (increases in later domains)

• Located with Activity Pages

• Review material taught at school

• Foster home-school connection

• Give families ideas and materials for extending learning into the home environment

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Example Take Homes• At the beginning and in the middle of the

domain: Family letter, read-aloud, nursery rhyme

• Content-related activities to do at home

• Skills to practice at home

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Domain Assessments

• Located in the Teacher Guide at the end of each domain

• Not comprehensive; provide a “snapshot” of student’s progress relative to objectives

• Guide teachers in identifying students who need extra practice and assistance

• 3 types

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1. Portfolio Collection

• Built throughout the domain

• Include examples of student’s written work and teacher’s reflections

• Suggestions for which work products to include given at the end of each domain

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2. Assessments Opportunities

• Occur throughout the domain

• Relative to certain Language Arts Objectives

• Conducted during Learning Centers

• Collected on sticky notes in students’ portfolios

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10/25/13 Jamilla demonstrates tripod grip and

interest in incorporating emergent writing in play.

3. Task Assessments

• Occur at the end of each domain

• Provide a “snapshot” of student’s progress relative to Core Content and Language Arts Objectives

• Scored as ‘Not Yet,’ ‘Progressing,’ and ‘Ready’

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Wrap-Up

• These additional aspects are integral parts of the CKLA-Preschool program

• There is more to know!

• The General Overview and each Teacher Guide contain additional information

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